5. The largest 130‐MW Solar Power Plant of India Welspun
Solar MP Project was launched at Bhagwanpur in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh

6. NTPC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bihar State
Power Generation Company Limited (BSPGCL) and Lakhisarai Bijlee Company Private
Limited (LBCPL) to develop a 1320 MW (2 X 660 MW) Thermal Power Project at
Kajra in Lakhisarai district of Bihar.

7. Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station awarded a gold shield on 4
February 2014 for its meritorious performance in 2013‐

14.Nathpa Hydro power Station
consecutively third time received the award.

Note: The Nathpa Jhakri Dam is a
concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River in Himachal
Pradesh.

8. INS Vikramaditya enters Indian Navy's area of operation. INS Vikramaditya (R33) is
a Project which entered into service with the Indian Navy in 2013. The ship has
been renamed in honour of Vikramaditya, a legendary 1st century BC emperor of
Ujjain, India.

10. GSLV‐D5 launch places India
in elite league of the U.S., Russia, France, Japan and China The GSLV is
designed to inject its passenger spacecraft into the intended Geosynchronous
Transfer Orbit with a combination of solid, earth‐storable liquid and cryogenic propellants in its
first, second and third stages, respectively.

11. Indian mission to Mars blasts off successfully. The Mars Orbiter

Mission, known as "Mangalyaan" .

Note: i. Only
the United States, Russia and the European Space Agency have been successful in
this mission.

ii. The United States is the only nation that has successfully sent robotic explorers to
land on Mars, the most recent being Curiosity which touched down in August
2012.

2014 and is
designed to circle the Red Planet in an elliptical orbit of 366 km X 80000 km.

v. Primary objectives of the Mars mission are to
demonstrate India’s technological capability to send a satellite to orbit
around Mars and conduct meaningful experiments such as looking for signs of
life, take pictures of the red planet and study Martian environment.

Note: In the Agni (Surface to Surface missile) series,
India at present has Agni‐1
with 700 km range, Agni‐2
with 2000 km range, Agni‐3
and Agni‐4
with 2500 km to more than 3500 range. Agni – V more than 5000 km